The Northern Territory Justice Department says a notorious fraudster is using a dating agency to rip off Territory men

Date: 2008-01-10

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The Acting Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Gary Clements says Gregory John Elliot has been placing advertisements for secret meetings with women in the local paper.

Mr Clements believes more than 20 Territory men have answered the ad and provided up front payments totalling more than $4,000 for services they never received.

"He was convicted in Victoria some years ago for acting similar sort of introduction agency activities and breached their legislation there," Mr Clements says.

"So we are basically trying to put the word out to consumers not to reply to these small advertisements, and certainly not to hand over any cash unless they know exactly who they're dealing with."

Mr Elliot is based interstate but investigations into his activities will continue.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/10/2135793.htm?site=idx-nt

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